Eried, the splash screen is displayed for a few seconds and then the app simply closes. No error messages or anything.

I haven't installed the full version because I have a SSD in my working notebook, and I am quite concerned (read "paranoid") about wear leveling on the SSD. So I try to avoid large writes to the SSD as much as possible so I have a larger life span on the SSD.

So I cannot tell you if the full version will work, because I won't install it. The original Arduino IDE 1.0.3 and 1.0.1 both work.

Please note that I installed it in a custom location (C:\Devel\Arduino ERW 1.0.3), not in the suggested Program Files folder.

Another question: Is there any reason why the ERW comes with AVRdude version 5.10 instead of the newer 5.11 ?

PS:I have a MSP430 LaunchPad forgotten in some drawer and the Energia IDE might be just what I need to dust it off and start using it!

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In my experience they are not and I could only use the 32-bit version of the JRE on 64-bit Windows when running the IDE. I only tried it with the standard IDE, so I wasn't sure if you changed some of the files in your version to be 64-bit compatible.

Eried, the splash screen is displayed for a few seconds and then the app simply closes. No error messages or anything.

I haven't installed the full version because I have a SSD in my working notebook, and I am quite concerned (read "paranoid") about wear leveling on the SSD. So I try to avoid large writes to the SSD as much as possible so I have a larger life span on the SSD.

So I cannot tell you if the full version will work, because I won't install it. The original Arduino IDE 1.0.3 and 1.0.1 both work.

Please note that I installed it in a custom location (C:\Devel\Arduino ERW 1.0.3), not in the suggested Program Files folder.

Another question: Is there any reason why the ERW comes with AVRdude version 5.10 instead of the newer 5.11 ?

PS:I have a MSP430 LaunchPad forgotten in some drawer and the Energia IDE might be just what I need to dust it off and start using it!

What Louis Davis says seems to be correct. You maybe require the JDK in 32 bits. About: "AVRdude version 5.10 instead of the newer 5.11" can you tell me how to check this, I am still confused since you (or someone) commented this weeks ago.

What Louis Davis says seems to be correct. You maybe require the JDK in 32 bits. About: "AVRdude version 5.10 instead of the newer 5.11" can you tell me how to check this, I am still confused since you (or someone) commented this weeks ago.

Thanks. I'll try and install the 32-bit JRE.

To check the version of AVRdude, just run (from a command prompt):

avrdude -?

the version is the very last info shown, and with version <=5.10, the results are a bit garbled in the screen (it is neat in 5.11).

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When I open the IDE I get an empty window. If I then go and open one of my programs it opens yet another window. Is there any setting that will stop the second window from opening. I just want the code to appear in the window that starts when the IDE starts. I looked at the preferences file and didn't see anything that looked like the setting I needed.

When I open the IDE I get an empty window. If I then go and open one of my programs it opens yet another window. Is there any setting that will stop the second window from opening. I just want the code to appear in the window that starts when the IDE starts. I looked at the preferences file and didn't see anything that looked like the setting I needed.

What Louis Davis says seems to be correct. You maybe require the JDK in 32 bits. About: "AVRdude version 5.10 instead of the newer 5.11" can you tell me how to check this, I am still confused since you (or someone) commented this weeks ago.

Thanks. I'll try and install the 32-bit JRE.

Eried, I gave the 32-bit JRE a try. I have GOOD and bad news. Let's go to the bad news first.

Here's what I did:Totally uninstalled JAVA from my notebook (I had JSE + JRE for Java 6 and 7.0.10)

Then I installed:(1st) JRE 7.0.15 32-bit(2nd) JSE + JRE 7.0.15 64-bit

Still it didn't run, and this is the bad news. Checking the log file, I noticed it was correctly looking for the JRE I had installed, but I only found the 64-bit JRE.

What I did then was to remove the JAVA folder from the Arduino ERW folder and then create a symlink to the 32-bit JRE.

To do this, open a command prompt as administrator and issue the commands:

Based on my experience, I'd like to make 2 suggestions:- Either force Arduino ERW to look for a 32-bit JRE (and ignore any 64-bit JRE, since it won't work)- or Let the use specify what JRE to use (either through the command line or in an INI file, like eclipse does in the eclipse.ini file)

This way users won't have to resort to the gimmick I did, which was to use the mklink. MKLINK has been present in Windows for a long time, first from the Resource Kits and them they started being shipped with Vista. Not many people, however, know about it. MKLINK works just like the symlink stuff from Linux.

Thanks again for all the attention and keep up the good work.

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What Louis Davis says seems to be correct. You maybe require the JDK in 32 bits. About: "AVRdude version 5.10 instead of the newer 5.11" can you tell me how to check this, I am still confused since you (or someone) commented this weeks ago.

Thanks. I'll try and install the 32-bit JRE.

Eried, I gave the 32-bit JRE a try. I have GOOD and bad news. Let's go to the bad news first.

Here's what I did:Totally uninstalled JAVA from my notebook (I had JSE + JRE for Java 6 and 7.0.10)

Then I installed:(1st) JRE 7.0.15 32-bit(2nd) JSE + JRE 7.0.15 64-bit

Still it didn't run, and this is the bad news. Checking the log file, I noticed it was correctly looking for the JRE I had installed, but I only found the 64-bit JRE.

What I did then was to remove the JAVA folder from the Arduino ERW folder and then create a symlink to the 32-bit JRE.

To do this, open a command prompt as administrator and issue the commands:

Based on my experience, I'd like to make 2 suggestions:- Either force Arduino ERW to look for a 32-bit JRE (and ignore any 64-bit JRE, since it won't work)- or Let the use specify what JRE to use (either through the command line or in an INI file, like eclipse does in the eclipse.ini file)

This way users won't have to resort to the gimmick I did, which was to use the mklink. MKLINK has been present in Windows for a long time, first from the Resource Kits and them they started being shipped with Vista. Not many people, however, know about it. MKLINK works just like the symlink stuff from Linux.

Thanks again for all the attention and keep up the good work.

Nice, I will see what can I do, mainly I am just using the launcher the oficial IDE created (my modifications are VERY Little there) but I will check.

Open a sketchbook that has at least three tabs (create folder Test in your sketch directory and create three files inside: Test.ino, Test2.ino and Test3.ino). When you press Ctrl + Alt + right arrow, editor jumps to the third tab, Test3.ino, instead of the second one. Ctrl + Alt + left arrow jumps back to the first tab.

Workaround: Click on the dropdown list on the right of the tabs and select Next Tab menu item. From this moment Ctrl + Alt + right/left arrow works as expected.